Moving on
It’s been weeks since the last post, and I’ve been dealing with lots of different things. In no particular order:
Several trips have been made to bring all my stuff from San Jose to Paso Robles. It’s so close to being completed. I just have another trip (maybe two, depending on if it’s raining and I need to only pack inside the vehicle) to completely clear the old house.
My dad spent nearly a week with me painting the interior walls and ceiling of the new place. The prior resident has a rather flexible view on color and design. The new paint looks awesome, but I still need to complete the bathrooms and some of the doors. By the way, anyone who is of the belief that painting is easy is pretty much on the mark. What people normally don’t talk about is the prep time of masking and taping and protecting everything that’s NOT what you intend to smear paint on. For example, I think we spent almost three hours on one room with masking tape, drop cloths, and plastic and paper to protect the non-targeted surfaces, and about 45 minutes actually painting.
My realtor for selling my place has recommended investing in some improvements such as painting, and such. Having just done the interior of the new place I have absolutely no interest in doing the painting of the old place. This, I will throw money at. 💸💸
Additionally, I will need to spice things up with improved yard, plants, and other such “curb appeal” generating updates. Remove wallet, throw contents at problem. 💸💸
Internet has been stopped at the San Jose location. Not normally a big deal, but I have a weekly D&D game which has some special configuration and techno-wizardry to enable a group of non-local people to gather virtually and play seamlessly. This still needs to be setup at the new place, and I’m hoping it goes well 🤞🏽.
I swapped refrigerators between the two locations, since I purchased a brand-spanking new refrigerator less than a year ago, and I have no idea how old the one at the Paso location was. This of course resulting in finding a leak at the water supply line which I will again foist off on the realtor and her contact list of “fix it” people. More money to throw. 💸💸
I’ve made so many little mistakes in scheduling and having the right thing at the right time because I was bouncing between two partially operational households that I’ve completely flaked on more than one commitment. I ended up wearing the same pair of socks for three days because I had packed clean ones and then forgotten to bring them with me to the next place. Thankfully, people have been forgiving.
Additionally, my mom is recovering from hip surgery, so I’ve crashed at the ‘rents house to be on-hand if needed. I mostly sit around and play with the dogs, but it’s nice getting a chance to spend more time with the fam.
Cardiff has been confused with all the moving around. She’s clingy-er than normal, and watchful for me leaving without her. Thankfully she is adaptable and doesn’t appear to be suffering long-term.
